Counselling Issues of Gifted Students Attending a School Holiday Residential Program: A Malaysian Experience

This study reports issues found among Malaysian gifted students population attending the program in comparison to other nations. The data was tabulated from the counseling session forms and the Critical Incident and Medical Report (CIMR) forms, both used daily during the 3-week tenure of the program. To illustrate, homesickness was identified as the most common issues among the students during the first few days of the program, whilst other findings also confirmed that Malaysian gifted students attending such program were no difference from their counterparts in other countries.